ARLA/CLUSTER: O avanço dos modos digitais no radioamadorismo é um sinal dos tempos.

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Digital sign of the times

The move towards the use of digital modes for entry level licences is being
considered in at least three major countries as a means of making Amateur
Radio more relevant and attractive.

Reviews of the Foundation licence in the UK, Australia, and the USA
Technician licence, include talk and proposals that some digital modes
should be included.

A number of European countries are considering entry level licences, with
proposed inclusion of digital modes. The UK Foundation licence has
permitted some digital modes since the outset.

WIA Secretary, Jim Linton VK3PC, told us while past entry level or beginner
licences have initially given a taste of Amateur Radio, technology has
moved on in the past decade and beginner licences are no longer reflective
of current practice, or society generally.

Of course, the incentive to upgrade to a higher level with more operating
power, bands and privileges, must be retained. Differences between Entry,
Middle and Advanced licences exist.

The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) is looking at the syllabus of its
Foundation Licence, while the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) is
considering adding some digital modes to the Technician Licence, among
other changes.

The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) is preparing an updated
submission for its regulator, reviewing the current and out-dated
regulations that cover Amateur Radio licensing, based on responses to
recent online consultations via the WIA website.

Let’s face it, the majority of people aged over 15 years already use a
smartphone and communicate digitally in voice, text and vision. For Amateur
Radio to be attractive to experimenters and to future generations it needs
to seriously look at increasingly embracing or catching-up with the digital
age.

However, a degree of relativity between each level of licence will need to
be maintained – and this may mean some improvement, while still meeting
international standards.

Fonte: Wireless Institute of Australia <http://www.wia.org.au/>
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